Chapter 59 Who is the Financial Sponsor?
Zhao Qing was in a daze as if she was recalling something. Her heart was filled with bitterness at the moment. She knew it was not easy to quit this circle, but she had never thought that it would be so difficult that someone would die.
Seeing Cao Cang looking at her, she nodded quickly: "Yes, I asked her because of this matter. I wanted to ask her about the progress of the matter, but she didn't reply to me, so I didn't ask again."
Cao Cang nodded and continued to ask: "Do you know why she made this decision?"
Zhao Qing thought about it for a few seconds, as if she didn't know whether she should say it or not. Seeing her hesitation, Cao Cang said, "Ms. Zhao, the situation we know now determines whether we can find the murderer and tell Xie Lingling the truth as soon as possible. Your concealment is meaningless and will only delay the progress of the case."
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant." Zhao Qing waved her hands in panic, and quickly added: "I just don't know if it's true, because I'm not sure myself."
"You only need to tell us what you know, and we will verify whether it is true or not." Cao Cang replied.
Zhao Qing didn't dare to hide anything anymore, so she told him what she knew: "It's like this, when Lingling told me that she wanted to quit the entertainment industry, I asked her the reason, but she didn't tell me. Later, when I asked her urgently, she told me that she might have fallen in love with someone, but she didn't tell me who that person was in the end."
Cao Cang quickly recorded this situation. Zhao Qing seemed to have thought of something and said, "I guess it might be one of her financial sponsors."
She felt a little sad and smiled to herself: "But in our line of work, the most taboo thing is to have feelings for the sponsor. Wanting to leave this circle and live with the sponsor, isn't this just dreaming?"
From what Cao Cang heard about her words, it turns out that Xie Lingling has more than one financial sponsor?
"What did you say about one of the sponsors? Your industry is..." Cao Cang was a little hesitant to ask, but Zhao Qing understood what he wanted to ask. She laughed at herself again, wrapped the blanket tighter around her body and said, "For people like us, our lives are not our own. We have a whole family to support. Once we have been doing this for a long time and have some experience, we will choose to serve a few fixed sponsors for our own safety. There will be a tacit understanding between these sponsors. We have strict regulations on when to accompany whom. We will inform the sponsors in advance about this. There is no other way. We have our difficulties and the sponsors have their difficulties. Everyone is just helping each other."
Cao Cang understood what she meant. This speech seemed to give him some hope. He quickly wrote down the clues. Li Meng came over at this time. The two looked at each other. He had almost asked all the questions he wanted to ask. But before he could speak, Zhao Qing spoke first: "Officer, this is all I know. If you want to know anything else, you can only ask our superior Wu Na. She may know more than me."
When they heard the name Wu Na, Cao Cang and Li Meng were both surprised. It turned out that Zhao Qing and Wu Na knew each other.
"We understand this. By the way, Miss Zhao, I would like to ask you, you and Xie Lingling are from the same hometown, right? Do you know anything about the situation in Xie Lingling's hometown?"
Cao Cang did not end the topic, but changed it.
"Well..." Zhao Qing shook her head a little embarrassedly. "I don't know much. Lingling's family is a poor household in the village. Her mother is in poor health, her stepfather doesn't go out to earn money, and her two brothers are also idle. Lingling wanted to go out to earn money. At first, her family didn't let her go out, but later I don't know why they agreed. Lingling almost sent all the money she earned back to subsidize her family."
Cao Cang and Li Meng both felt more sympathy for Xie Lingling. At this time, Zhao Qing said, "In our place, girls don't have much status. What's more, those women even look down on us girls. But so what? If it weren't for us, how could those men in the family have the confidence to show off in the village all these years?"
She seemed to hate the people in her hometown very much, and her words were full of disdain and hatred. Cao Cang and Li Meng did not say much. They had seen this kind of situation before, so they quickly ended the conversation.
"Okay, Miss Zhao, we will notify you at any time if we need anything. If you have any clues, you can contact us at any time."
Cao Cang and the others left a message before they left, and Zhao Qing nodded in response.
"Oh, Xie Lingling looks like a girl with a really miserable life." Li Meng sighed after leaving Zhao Qing's house.
Cao Cang responded to Li Meng with a faint "hmm". He immediately changed the subject to the main business: "By the way, how are you doing over there? Have you found any useful clues?"
Li Meng immediately perked up after Cao Cang asked this, and said mysteriously, "You know what, there really is something going on."
Seeing his appearance, Cao Cang smiled jokingly: "How come you have become as weird as Gao Yuan after having supper with him for a few days? Tell me quickly."
When Li Meng heard what Cao Cang said, hey, it really is a bit like it. He touched his head with a smile and told Cao Cang about what he had observed.
"I went to Zhao Qing's house and looked around. It seems that people often come to Zhao Qing's place. When we entered the house, there was a shoe cabinet at the entrance. I took a look when she wasn't paying attention and saw several pairs of men's slippers. So I thought they must be prepared for the men who come here. But today might be her day off, so those slippers were not put out."
"Go on, what else?" Li Meng has become more and more knowledgeable recently. Cao Cang is very excited about his observation skills and reminds him to continue.
Seeing the admiration on Cao Cang's face, Li Meng felt a little proud and continued, "And those men probably won't stay here overnight, because Zhao Qing's house only has enough daily necessities for one person. In addition to the bathroom, there is a separate cabinet with bath towels and towels, which should be prepared for guests."
Cao Cang continued to nod approvingly and gave a thumbs up to express his encouragement. Li Meng became even more excited and said in a low voice: "More importantly! I found out that Zhao Qing is pregnant!"
This clue actually aroused Cao Cang's interest. He looked at Li Meng with curiosity. Li Meng also explained excitedly: "I found a pregnancy test stick in the trash can in Zhao Qing's bathroom!"
"This is a bit strange . Think about it, for them doing this job, pregnancy is a taboo." Cao Cang expressed his thoughts while thinking.
"Also, I found the same clothes as Xie Lingling in Zhao Qing's closet. It's the clothes you found with pollen. They are exactly the same. As for the other things, there is a locked box in Zhao Qing's bedside table. There should be something in the notebook inside. I can't open it. Apart from that, there is nothing else."
The two of them learned quite a lot of information from Zhao Qing, so Cao Cang and Li Meng planned to return to the serious crime team.
"It's okay here for now, but I don't know how the captain and Gao Yuan are doing." Cao Cang and Li Meng got in the car after leaving Zhao Qing's community, and said as they returned.
What Cao Cang and Li Meng didn't expect was that the situation with Gu Nankai and Gao Yuan had become completely messed up. Gao Yuan was currently suffering from the torture of ice and fire.
